Category: Cancer
Gut Bugs and Cancer Treatment
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Can your gut bacteria impact on how you respond to cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports For people with advanced melanoma who were being treated with a class of targeted therapies known as checkpoint inhibitors, response to therapy was associated with …
What’s the best way to biopsy when a man has suspected prostate cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Are there racial genetic differences in breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Black women often experience breast cancers that are more advanced at the time of diagnosis, and may be more difficult to treat. A recent study looked for the presence of different genes among Black and white women with breast cancer …
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What is the role of genetic sequencing in the ongoing management of cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should MRI be used to assess possible prostate cancer before a biopsy is done? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Magnetic resonance imaging or MRI is sometimes used to examine the prostate gland when cancer is suspected and a biopsy is being considered. Now a new study demonstrates its benefits. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns …
What links plateauing deaths from heart disease and cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Deaths from heart disease declined a lot until the last decade, and then began to level off. Ditto for deaths from certain cancers, a recent study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says there …
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